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   From: still@lost.com   
      
   "jim fish"  wrote in message   
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   > "8 |"  wrote in message   
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   > > "Bee"  wrote in message   
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   > > > Harlan Osier wrote:   
   > > > > ...the Netcops.These people usually are oppressed   
   > > > > ones in real-life and have created their own rules in "their"   
   > > > > newsgroups.In "their" newsgroups, they are "the boss", the "police   
   > > > > chief", "the sheriff in town".   
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   > > >   
   > > > Yes, I have seen them at work.  The name, Netcops, is new to me, but   
   > > > they do behave as you described.  Extraordinarily foul and aggressive   
   > > > language is their weapon.  They pick their victims as they choose.   
   One   
   > > > gang, for example, hangs out in the MS Windows XP (General) newsgroup.   
   > > > These are the hoodlums of the cyber world.  Their formation, antics   
   and   
   > > > background would be interesting topics in a Sociology research   
   project.   
   > > >   
   > > > Bee.   
   > > > --   
   > > > [I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]   
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   > > > --   
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   > > foul language?   
   > > that would be moonshadao.   
   > > he sets the standard here.   
   > > how many otherwise valuable   
   > > contributors has he turned off.   
   > > what surprises me is how many   
   > > are sympathetic to his cause.   
   >   
   > I'm not exactly sure if his cause is any more than to keep things on topic   
   > which may be confucian but may also be, as someone pointed to (Iforget   
   who),   
   > a natural law arising from the way of usenet.   
   >   
   > > i guess the usa is so rank   
   > > with xian proselytizers and   
   > > new-agers...   
   >   
   > One the other or both depending upon location. Rick lives in the "Bible   
   > Belt". Being on the border with Canada and spending much time in TO and   
   some   
   > in Quebec City, I'd have to say that there is very little of such   
   > proselytizing in comparison. That may be a reason for differences in   
   > perspective.   
   >   
   > >  that this ng must seem   
   > > like the place to get back at them.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure if getting back is ricks point, but maybe.   
   >   
   > > what a waste of an otherwise   
   > > friendly, tolerant and peaceful place.   
   >   
   > Perhaps.   
   > Most times, if one follows the off topic poster he will find an agendum,   
   > particularly with the xian. For some, it is required to "spread the word".   
   >   
   > New agers are a different breed and perhaps tolerance and explanation is a   
   > better approach. But "Timmy from Wales" took new age and von Daniken alien   
   > theories to a whole new level. He was certainly a troll of a different   
   kind.   
   >   
   > This may seem quite unfair but there are those here who, if they asked   
   rick   
   > to back off for a moment, because they think there is some legitimacy to   
   the   
   > perceived troll, rick would comply.   
   > Such compliance may not last long ;-)   
   >   
   > rgds.   
   > :-)   
   > jim   
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   why should care what rick's problem is?   
   he's got a foul mouth you seem to love.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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